After I heard about the recall on Aunt Jemima brand pancake mixes, I saw a really interesting background article at Obscure History.
I always thought of Aunt Jemima to be a silly product name, and a hearkening to old-fashioned days when the shadows of slavery and repression were still fluttering along the walls. [...]

We were talking earlier today on Pownce about a lot of the micro-blogging and social “heartbeat” networking sites having periods of downtime lately.
It’s probably just some growing pains as more people start to use them. And since they are all more of a “pulse” setup, they are using the networks differently than [...]

After reading Mark’s results, I just had to see where I stand… He got a score that said “Cool Nerd King”.

Hmm… Might have something to do with all the Star Wars and Star Trek questions…

It’s funny how things change over time, including the everyday retail experience. With our frenetic daily life getting more crazy and demanding over the past decade.
There was a time within the past three generations that even stopping to fuel up your car was considered to be a special event, with attendants [...]

The past week I was caught off-guard by a small throng of misinformed miscreants bent and determined to take away both the will to live and the patience to educate them roundly. I’m sure those of you who have worked in technical support at any level are more than able to visualize, sympathize, and [...]

During psychology classes (both in high school and in college), there was a section of cognitive psych that explored the ego and self-awareness, and there was always that foursquare chart that laid out personality traits known and unknown, public and private. I often think of that foursquare when I’m out people-watching.
The best manifestations [...]

I was checking in on MaxieZ and found another political quiz that maps you and also shows the candidates. Here are my results, which are a bit surprising.

Click the graphic to go and take the test to see where it puts you.
It looks like I’m floating out there in space. Apparently [...]

I was reading about Mrs. Sparrow’s woes in finding out that she’s “only” a B-list blogebrity…. Whatever being a blog-ebrity might be worth. I took the test, and It says that:

I’m a C-lister! Just like in birth order, I’m stuck in the middle. Average. Blah.
Looking at it again, in order [...]